Improved eleotbo-plxtibg frame



W. H. WATROUS. ELEGTROPLATING FRAME.

No. 78,497. Patented June 2, 1868.

WILLIAM H. WA'IROUS, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

11mm Patent No.,78,497. Jailed June 2, 1868.

IMPROVED ELEOTRO-PLATING FRAME.

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Be it known lhah 1', WILLIAM H. WATROUS, of Hartford, in the county ofHartford, and Slate of Connectieut,'lnu'e'invenledn new and usefulImprovement in. Elccho-Plnting Frame or Holder; and I do hereby declarethat, ille following in a full, clear, and exact description thereof.which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the some,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisepecificotiom- This invention relates to a new and improved implement orframe for holding spoons or forks, or articlesof .a similar nature,suspended in the eleetro-plnting liquid.

And it consists of a-irume formed of two jaws, jointed together, with onadjusting-screw at the top of the shanks, whereby tho'jnwa may be openedand closed for tho inseriion or removal, or for the reo rijnszing ofthe. articles, as willbo hcroincfccr more fully described.

Fignce 1 represents-o ricwof the holder or frame complete, with a spoonheld within the jaws, as when being plated.

Figure 2 is a top View of the jam: of the frame, looking from the line2: a: of fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the frame.

This holding-frumo conaists of two jaws, A cud B, to which are connectedtwo shanks, G and D. The ahlnks are jointed together by a pin or pivot,as seen at El.

Al: the top and: of these slmniisthere is e thumb-screw, F, which isfixed in one shank, and works through qthc other shank by ascrew-thread, so that when the screw islurned out or in, 'tbe jaws A Bwill be opened of cloned, the shanks acting like levers, with theirfnlcrn at E.

The jaws A ond'B-aro notched or serrated, as soon in fig. 2, to allowthe handle of a spoon, fork, or knife to rest in and bo'buspended fromthe notches or recesses g, as seen in the drawing. 7

By the ordinary method of plating, the article is'snspended by a wire,which usually leaves marks on the handle where it comes in contact withit.

To overcome thisiabjeotion, and to otherwise greatly facilitate theoperation-of plating, is he object I have in view.

My jaws A and B would also leave marks on the handle if the, point ofcontact were not changed by sc -en" ing up the top ends of the shank,and thus opening the jaws, and thereby allowing the handles to clip downenough to change the vpoint of contact, which, it will be seen, {:nnbereadily (lone.

h is a hook for suspending the frame.

The jaws and the lower part oi the shanhsare protected from the actionof the cleetro-plaling liquid or metal by a. non-conducting covering,which is indicated by the red color.

.I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Pntent- Theholding-frame A, constructed substantially as and for the purposesherein shown and described.

The above specification of my' invention signed by me, this 18th day ofApril, 1868.

WILLIAM II. WATBOUS.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MeNnmnA, Aux. F. Ronnn'rs.

